Apparatus for handling and crushing coal.



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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CBUSHING COAL.

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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CRU SHING COAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,408, datedSeptember 25, 1900.

I Application filed March 20. 1900. berial No. 9,381. tlilo model-J Toall whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN M. SUPPEs,

0t Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Handling and Crushing Goal,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention has relation to apparatus for handling and crushing coal,and is particularly designed for use in connection with coke plants forcrushing coal preparatory to coking.

The object of my invention is mainly to provide means whereby coal maybe taken either from the receiving-pile at the coal-dumper of a cokeplant or from the stock-pile and delivered to the coal-bins,which supplythe crushed coal for the ovens through a portable crusher mounted tohave a longitudinal traverse above the coal-bin, and thus save very considerable handling of the coal both before and after it is crushed.

With this and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the appended claims, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of acoal-crushing and coke plant embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the portablecoal-crusher; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 5, an endelevation of a portion of the apparatus, showing a modification.

In the drawings the letter A designates coke-ovens, which are arrangedin two parallel lines, and B designates bins for the crushed coal, whichis delivered from said bins through chutes b in the bottom thereof intocars 0, which run on tracks D, extending above the respective lines ofovens and underneath said bins.

E designates a cantaliver crane which spans the bins and ovens and ismounted on tracks E.

F indicates a coal-dumper at one end of the crane E, and G indicates thestock-pile at the opposite end.

H indicates a hoist bucket or scoop of wellknown type, which runs on acarriage I back and forth on the crane.

On the top of each of the bins B are tracks B, upon which is mounted acarriage B which carries a coal-crusher K. The carriage B is preferablyoperated by an electric Inotor, by means of which it can be run back andforth on the tracks 13' in precisely the same manner as the carriage ofan electric crane. The coal-crusher K may be of any-well-known type andis preferably driven by means of an electric motor M.

By means of the hoist H coal may be taken either from the receiving-pileatthe coaldumper or from the stock-pile and delivereddirectly to thecrusher, which in turn delivers the crushed coal to the bins B. Fromthese bins the coal is delivered to the oven-su pplying cars 0 asneeded. The hoist H is also used to carry coal from the receiving-pileto the stockpile. The carriage 13 with the crusher, can be moved to anvdesired position on the bin to suit the position of thecantaliver-crane. Thus coal can be taken from any part of the stock-pileand delivered to the crusher without moving the crane on its tracks, aswould be necessary with a stationary crusher. Another advantage due tothe arrangement of the portable crusher over a stationary crusher is asfollows: With the latter coal must be taken from the receiving or thestock pile and carried to the crusher. The crushed coal must then beelevated into the coal-bins, or if the crusher is arranged so that thecoal as it is unloaded from the car passes through the crusher beforegoing to the stock-pile all the coal in the stock-pile is crushed, andby reason of its deterioration is more liable to take fire than is therun of minecoal. I therefore obviate the extra handling of the coal andalso any necessity for crushing the coal before it goes in stock.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the arrangement is in generalsimilar to that above described; but instead of mounting the coalcrusheron the bin I carry it on the crane. This arrangement avoids thenecessity for a separate carriage and motor for the crusher-s and alsoenables a single crusher to be used on any one of several separate binsalong the line of movement of the crane, if desired. In this arrangementthe hoist-bucket may be arranged to discharge into a car P, which runson the crane and discharges its load either into the coal-crusher oronto the stockile. p The. duplicate arrangement of crushers shown in thedrawings is that which would preferably be used in large plants; but itis obvious that my invention is equally well adapted to use with asingle crusher mounted on its coal-bin. It is also obvious that insteadof employing the cantaliver-crane shown any other suitable style ofcrane might be used to deliver the coal to the crusher fromthe receivingor stock pile. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the particularembodiment of my invention which I have herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is--- 1. In a coke plant, the combination withcoke-ovens, and a coal-bin elevated above the said ovens, of acoal-crusher mounted over the said bin to traverse the same, and coalelevating and conveying mechanism ar-- ranged to deliver coal to thesaid crusher at. any point in the range of its movement.

2. In a coal-crushing plant, the combination with a bin for crushedcoal, of a coalcrusher mounted to traverse the top of the said bin, acrane spanning said bin, and a hoist and carrying device on said cranefor delivering coal to said crusher.

3. In a coal-crushing plant, the combina tion with a movable craneextending from the coal-receiving to the coal stock-pile, a. coal-binspanned by said crane, a coal-crusher? mounted on the top of said bin totraverse the same and a coal hoist and carriage mounted on said cranefor carrying coal from the receiving-pile to the stock-pile, or fromeither of said piles to the coal-crusher.

4. The combination of a line of coke-ovens, a crane spanning said ovensand movable in a direction parallel thereto, a coal-bin also spanned bysaid crane, a car-track extending underneath said bin and above saidovens, a coalcrusher mounted on said bin to traverse the same, and meanson said crane for elevating coal and delivering it to said crusher.

5. In a coke plant, the combination with coke-ovens, a coal-bin, acar-track extending underneath the said bin and above said ovens, acoal-crusher mounted on the top of said bin to traverse the samelongitudinally, and coal elevating and conveying mechanism also movablelongitudinally of the said bin.

6. In a coal crushing and coking plant, the combination of acoal-receiving pile, a coal stock-pile, a movable crane spanning thedistance between the said piles and overhanging the-same, an elevatedcoal-bin between the said coal-piles and alsospanned by the said crane,a coal-crusher mounted to traverse the top of said bin, and coalelevating and conveying mechanism supported on said crane and arrangedto carry coal from the receiving-pile to the stock-pile, or from eitherof said piles to the coal-crusher.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MAXIMILIAN M. SUPPES.

Witnesses:

J OHN K. FRYE, D. W. LAWRENCE.

